Outperforming the famous Japanese A6M Zero, the F6F Hellcat achieved an amazing 19:1 kill ratio, downing 5,156 enemy aircraft in just…
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Aviation HistoryLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The incredible story of the “Piggyback Flight,” the incident where a B-17 collided with another B-17 and became hooked together
by Dario LeoneThe Germans thought the “Piggyback” was a new eight-engine warplane the Allies had developed rather than it being the accidental joining…
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Luftwaffe Dornier Do 217 bombers sank the Italian battleship Roma by means of the Fritz X, the first ever precision-guided bomb deployed in combat
by Dario LeoneThe Dornier Do 217 became the first aircraft in military aviation history to deploy a precision-guided bomb in combat in the…
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraWeapons
The story of the T-12 Cloudmaker, the 44,000 lb earthquake bomb carried by the B-36 Peacemaker
by Dario LeoneBased on the British designed 22,000lb (10,000kg) Grand Slam developed by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis during the Second World War,…
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Memphis Belle pilot tells the story of the B-17 Flying Fortress raid on the Focke-Wulf plant at Bremen (featured in Memphis Belle movie)
by Dario Leone‘German fighters could be seen coming up from the ground and I have never seen so many at one time,’ Captain…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
The dogfight that proved the Dutch Fokker G.1 fighter was a serious threat for Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109
by Dario LeoneThe Bf 109 that first attacked him was turning to get on the G.1’s tail but 1e Luitenant Gerben Sonderman used…
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Aviation HumorMilitary AviationU.S. Navy
US Navy’s leading ace and top F6F Hellcat ace David McCampbell explains how he was able to shoot down six D4Y Judy dive bombers in a single sortie during the ‘Great Marianas Turkey Shoot’
by Dario Leone‘During the last bursts on the leader, gun stoppages occurred. Both port and starboard guns were charged in an attempt to…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
Remembering the Washington bomber: why RAF never liked the iconic Boeing B-29 Superfortress
by Dario Leone“Washington” was the Royal Air Force (RAF) designation for the famous Boeing B-29, one example of which, the Enola Gay, dropped…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
The King of Lampedusa: The day 4,300 Italian Soldiers surrendered to a RAF Swordfish pilot
by Dario LeoneOn Jun. 12, 1943, one of the most remarkable stories of World War II took place when an army surrendered to…
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Military AviationWarbirds
Spitfire Vs P-51 Mustang: which was the better Merlin-engined fighter?
by Dario LeoneBoth the Spitfire and the P-51 Mustang, two of the best fighters of World War II, were powered by the iconic…
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